Sanitary apparatus for animal-stalls.



F. J.RED1VI'O1\U).

SANITARY lAPPARATUS FOR VANIMAL lSIALLS.

APLIoATIoN FILED mxo..1s,19111l Patented July 2; i912.

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i?. J. REDMOND. SANTTARY APPARATUS POR ANIMAL STALLS.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.15, 19.11. K

Patented July 2, 1912.

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PATENT orrE.

.anx J. niinivrolvnglo'r roRE's'TI WISCONSIN.

settimana ePPARATUs rjoRiANIMAL-s'r-ALLS.

specification of Letters raient.

'PatentedJu-ly 2,1191 0- ttPDlicatin filed December 16,l 1911.@SelriaI'N'e. 666,298;

lo ah whom it 'may concern: Be known that l, FRANK J. REDMOND, a citizenet thc United S tates,and resident 'of 'the town of Forest, in thecolinty of iti-ond du idee-and `State ot (Visconsin, have ventedyeertainnew and useful Improve-,-

' in Sanitary Apparatiis for Animals; and i do hereby declare that thefolt invention refers to sanit-ary'improvemente provide a... simple,economical apparatus 2e adapted to be coupled to anyone ofa seriesoi'individual dropping trays, which' trays c.re normaiiy seated in thetroughs or basin that are usually employed in modern stables,l the basinor trough hciiigbelow the' floor-v tiiie. in this instance the 'traysform a part oft the stableeq'nipment and when any one oit the trays isto be removed it is coupled to the carrier `mechanism and hoisted fromtogether with the loaded tray is. tlrereaf't'ter.l conyeyed to thestable-yard in.the ordinary inaixner, 'th e tray being dumped of itscontent-s and returned to the trough. It is apparent that by employingan apparatus of this `character a great 'saving intime and insnred,

"V ith the above and other objects in view the invention consists incertain peculiarities ot' construction and combination ot'l parts ashereinafter set. forth with reference quenttv claimed. 1 i

in the tiraifings Figure l represents a `.rear tragnantary view lot two'stalls embodying the' i'miturcs o t my invention, paris -ot theapparatus being brel-:en away and parts insection to more clearlyillusindicated by line 1l of lFig. 3; Fig. 2, a tr gmenti y elevation otthe carricrshowing a tray coupled thereto and elevated trom he droppingtrough in its dumped position, zhe carrier in this instance having beencon- 7eyed from the barn to a pointof discharge,

is a trilt, clear, and'exact descriptiolr for animal stalls and has forits object.'

iter haiidiing and disposing of the droppings i its seatv'within'the-basin.. The said carrier iabor is accomplished and eitieientsanitation .to the accoinainying lrawingsl and subse` ..fpiipped with amanure carrier apparatus'- trate structural features, the section beingdumped by 'trip mechanism; Figp, repretion of the carrier and tray intheir elevated pos1't1on, .the A.view being. shown partly in section 'asindicated by line 3 3 ot Fig. 2,;

fFig. et, adetail'ed cross-section of the hoistimg me'chanism, thevsection being indicated end view of the hoisting mechanism",lookingfrom the1 drive side thereof.'

` Referring by characters to the drawings, 1, 1, represent stallpartitions and 2' a 'con- `tinuous catch-"basin or trough which runstrans'rerselyot the stall partitions and rearwardly thereof, thisConstruction being ordinary in modern stables.` 4Located above Vthetrough is 'a` cable vtrack 3.' upon. "which is mounted a t-ro1ley Ltcomprising a pair of. sheaves anda reach bar, the reach bar beingprovided with eyes Lt -for the reception fot' hooks which are detachablyfitted therein.

`a deta'chable frame that comprises a horizontally. disposed truss-bar 7and vertically 'disposed1 hollow columns S,- which columns the'I s amebeing secured at the upperends fitted therein suspension bars 9,"whichbarel lare -1`n telescopio union therewith. and are provided with irackv jtooth edges 10 tor 10i', the same bei-ng secured toI a'sliait 1lthe hollow columns, it being understood that pinioiis 'to permity meshedengagement of the racks'and pinions. One end ot the shat't :l1 isarranged to receive a hand-crankll-, whereby'the'shatt and its pinioiislare'rotated, this :mechanism co11s'titnting"a hoist whereby thesuspension ,bars may be raised or' lowered. -'The4 said bars, .together-.with the rectangular tramev form a carrier lwhich rcan' bedetachedfrom'the trolleywhcn not in use owing to the hook and-eye connectiontherewith.

'livotally'connected to the ends of' the suspension 'bars' aregravity-controlled snatchhooks 14, which hooks are provided withobliquely disposed noseportions' 'adapted to have engagement withtrunnions thatare secured to the ends of a seriesrof 'to seat Within thetrough 2, each rearwardly sents an enlarged detail end view `oft afpor-.`

lbyline 4 4 of Fig. 3, andFi'g. 5, adetailed -These hooks projc'ctlfromcorner ironsGl ot- Vtothe corner irons G@ The columns S have m'eshedengagement with toothed"pinions 'these columns vare cut away oppositethev porta-ble trays 16,-the trays being arrangedwhich pointv said trayvis automatically are preferably rectangular 1in cross-section',

that is. 'journaled' in bearings 12 carried'by trapped from enteringthetroughf proper and will therebyV all ybe'l deflected into the vinterlock'ed engagement the said tray is pre-- vented from swinging upon.its temporary 'trunnion' connection 'with the carrier, the

#clutch-dog 18 'is i also provided with a taillOne Aof th'e suspensionbars 9 has fulcrum'ed thereto above its snatch-hook a spring-controlledClutch leverlS, the 'same having a 'nose 18 .that passes throughanvaperture in the suspension bar, which nose is y arranged tol enter avnotch 1'9, .that is formed in the adjacent tray end and by this saidtrunnion 'connection'. being formed through engagement vof the trunnionswithA open sockets of", the: snatch-dogs. yT e 18 whichis adaptedtoengage a trip-arm 20 that maybe attached to the ,rail 3 in the b'arnyardor to any cbnvenient, point` of anchorag'gewhere4 it ,isdesired todumpthe V'basin transversely disposed rearwardly of the stalls, a portabletray for each .stall seattrays.

It is apparent from foregoing descrip-.-

tion that when it is desired tov put the ap# paratus-.into operation thecarrier is at tached tothe trolley and moved intov alinenientl with aloaded tray-16. The 'suspenlSio-n, arms 9, which are connected'by atierod 9', 'are then permitted todrop down and span the- 'ends of thetray assuming the position shown. in Fig., 1, it being under# stood'that the hoisting apparatus comprising the shaft'11- and its gearconnect-ions,

with the bars Vwill beinanipulatedto permit this movement.v The gravitycontrolled snatch-'dogs will automatically ride over the trunnions 15and thus form journals for the saine. Incidental' to this 'movement thenose 1S of the clutch-lever has entered the' notch 19 of Athe tray and.hence said tray is lotlred against oscillating upon its jpur` nals. Theoperator now rotates the shaft 11 inna direction to 'cause thesuspension bars to lift, whereby the loaded tray is elevated to thedesired height in order to clear obstructions, the Same being ydocked inits elevated position by a. gravity pawl 10 -which 'is carried by one ofthe columnsI 8 and isadapted to engage the teeth of the adjacent pinion10. Thus after the shaft has been revolved to effect the hoistingoperation it will be locked in its position by said pawl and when it isdesired to drop the sns:-

pension Abar mechanism itis apparent that this 'gravity-dog' can bethrown back from its engaging position with the pinion. 4'The' load'being now elevated, the'carrier can be moved or discharged by gravity tothe-unloading pointat which' point the clutch- `dog will vcome inContact with the trip-arm` 20,v causing-said clutch lever to disengagethe tray, whereby i. the latter will swing 'downward' upon its journalsand discharge 'fov the load automatically. The empty tray, is

thereafter returned to its location back of the stall and the nextl trayis then gripped and conveyed in the same manner tothe 11nloading point'`and so on successively until the entire'series of trays havebeenemptied of their-.contents andreturned.

While I have shown and described 'the stalls vbeing provided with acatch-basin or vdrain in the form o'ffa trough-running rearward "of thestalls, it is apparent that any depression mayV be substituted.'v forsaidA *catch-basin, whereby the trays may be disposedv upon or below theline of the floor inorder that drainage therefrom can beA trapped lintosaid tray.

Iclaim: y A 1. .A plurality of. animal stallsa catched 'within thebasin, an overhead carrier arranged to travel longitudinally of thecatchabasins a'nd'overthe same, means 'inconneet-ion with the carrier,for selective engagement with 'any one of said trays, hoisty ingmechanism, means for locking the trays to the carrier in an uprightposition, and trip mechanism for-releasing the lock-trays wherebytheyare dumped. l

2. A plurality' of animal stalls, acatch'- basin transversely disposedrearwardly of the stalls, a portable tray for each stall seat-l edwithin the basin, an overhea'dcarrier arranged' to VtravellongitudinallyI of the catch-A basins and over the same, meansin'connec- .tion' with the carrier for selective engagement with any oneofsaid trays, hoisting mechanism, means for locking' the trays to thecarrier in an upright position, and -an' automatic trip mechanism for4releasing the lock-trays wherebyythey are dumped.

Injtestimony that I claim the foregoing 'I have hereunto set my hand atF ond du Lac in the county or' Fond du Lac, and State of I lVisconsin inthe presence of two witnesses.

FRANK J.v REDMOND.

-lVitnesses l y T. J. SGANNELL, J, F SCANNELL.

